Bill Text: NY K00511 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Resolution 511 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Recognizing October 29, 2019, as Furniture and TV Tip-Over Prevention Awareness Day

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-17)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-06 - adopted [K00511 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-K00511-Introduced.html


Assembly Resolution No. 511

BY: M. of A. Zebrowski

        RECOGNIZING  October 29, 2019, as Furniture and TV
        Tip-Over Prevention Awareness Day

  WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to recognize  October
29, 2019, as Furniture and TV Tip-Over Prevention Awareness Day; and

  WHEREAS,  The  purpose  of  Furniture  and  TV  Tip-Over  Prevention
Awareness Day is to bring awareness and help educate New  Yorkers  about
the  potential  dangers  of  unsecured  furniture, TVs and appliances in
homes where children live,  visit  often,  or  are  cared  for,  and  to
encourage  parents  to  take  proper  precautions  to  prevent  tip-over
accidents; and

  WHEREAS, October 29 is being designated as Furniture and TV Tip-Over
Prevention Awareness Day in loving memory  of  the  birthday  of  Harper
Fried,  a  3-year-old Hudson Valley girl who tragically died as a result
of a tip-over accident; and

  WHEREAS,  HarperSmiles  Inc.  was  created  following  this   tragic
accident;  the mission of this noble organization is to educate, inspire
and motivate parents to secure furniture and prevent tip-over accidents;
and

  WHEREAS, According to the U.S. Consumer  Product  Safety  Commission
(CPSC),  an  estimated  33,100  people  were  treated  annually  in U.S.
hospital emergency  departments  for  product  instability  or  tip-over
injuries  related  to  televisions,  furniture, and appliances from 2013
through 2015; and

  WHEREAS, Between 2000 and 2015, there were  489  deaths  related  to
product  instability  or television, furniture, and appliance tip-overs,
according to the CPSC; and

  WHEREAS, According to a CPSC study, when a television falls from  an
average size dresser, it can fall with the force of thousands of pounds,
or a force 10 times more powerful than an NFL lineman; and

  WHEREAS, Families can eliminate furniture, TV and appliance tip-over
accidents  by  using sturdy furniture designed to hold TVs; mounting TVs
on walls; securing furniture, particularly top-heavy furniture, TVs  and
appliances  to  walls  using  simple  safety  devices such as braces and
straps; and by removing tempting objects for children from  the  top  of
TVs and furniture; and

  WHEREAS,   This   Legislative   Body  encourages  all  New  Yorkers,
particularly parents and caregivers with young children, to  take  these
simple,  low cost steps to prevent tip-over-related injuries and deaths;
now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
recognize  October  29,  2019,  as  Furniture and TV Tip-Over Prevention
Awareness Day, and to express its most since condolences to the families

who have lost children as a result of  tip-over  accidents;  and  be  it
further

  RESOLVED,  That  a  copy  of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to HarperSmiles Inc., Harriman, New York.